He was arrested, and police confiscated two knives from him, Schaller said. He was charged with first-degree assault, a felony, and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor.

Police were called to 127 Fourth St. at 9:32 a.m. on a report of two neighbors fighting. Police said they found blood in the hallway and found the two men.

- Will David

Man convicted of federal drug charge

It looks like it will be no more money for the man they call "Mo Money."

Jarmaal Anthony "Mo Money" McLeod, a 29-year-old Peekskill man with a history of drug crimes, was convicted Thursday by a federal jury on charges that he sold crack with others in 2009.

After his conviction, authorities moved to seize all money and possessions he acquired as a result of his drug dealing. He is being held in Manhattan and faces 10 years to life in prison. Peekskill Police Chief Eric Johansen was pleased with the conviction and said it was the result of a cooperative law enforcement effort.

"He has a long involvement in the drug business here in the city," Johansen said. "Thanks to the effort of our narcotics unit, the FBI and Westchester County police, Mr. McLeod will not been involved in that game for a very long time."

- Terence Corcoran

Cars stolen from storage/prep site

NEW ROCHELLE - Several Mercedes-Benz cars were stolen from a storage depot owned by Pepe Luxury Cars in New Rochelle over the weekend, police said. Dealership officials on Monday were assessing how many vehicles were driven out of the 110 Portman Road storage and preparatory center, Detective Capt. Joseph Schaller said.

Police said a chain locking the center was broken between 2 p.m. Saturday and 4:40 p.m. Sunday. The thieves then "defeated a lock," Schaller said and, once inside, took keys to the cars and drove away with them.

- Will David

Cabbie charged with punching passenger

WHITE PLAINS - A taxi driver who told police he became frustrated when his passenger disputed the fare was accused Sunday of punching the woman in the face.

William Aparicio, 40, of White Plains was charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, in the incident, which took place at 9:40 p.m. on Bryant Crescent, police said.

The 23-year-old woman told police Aparicio took a long route from her sister's house and then overcharged her by $3. When she complained, she said, she was punched.

Police said the woman's face was red, but that she did not need medical attention.

Aparicio was arrested after he admitted to hitting the woman, police said. The police report did not say what taxi company he works for.

- Richard Liebson

Spa worker charged with prostitution

BRONXVILLE - A 27-year-old Brooklyn woman was arrested Jan. 8 on a prostitution charge. Ekaterina Maragushina was arrested shortly after 7 p.m. in an investigation into the American Spa, a business at 27 Lower Milburn St. that advertised on the Internet for body rubs, police said.

The woman was arrested after a two-month investigation by the Bronxville and Westchester County police. Maragushina was charged with prostitution, a misdemeanor, and unauthorized practice of a profession, a felony, and released on $200 bail.

- Will David

NYC Man charged with statutory rape

YONKERS - A 24-year-old Brooklyn man is charged with having sex with a 14-year-old Yonkers girl last year, court records show.

Teshawn Mason is being held on $250,000 bail. He was charged with second-degree rape and criminal sexual act, both elonies, in connection with acts committed in a Morsemere Avenue house from Sept. 1 to Oct. 1, records show.

- Will David

Man roughed up; phone taken

NEW ROCHELLE - A 48-year-old city man told police that two acquaintances roughed him up Friday and took his cellphone.

The victim told police he was walking near French Ridge and Webster Avenue at 1:48 p.m. with three other men and discussing "money owed" among them, Detective Capt. Joseph Schaller said.

It was not clear who was owed the money, Schaller said, but two of the other men grabbed the victim and took his phone.

- Will David

Witness helps police find hit-run suspect

YONKERS - A drunken driver who fled a crash on the Saw Mill River Parkway on Thursday night was arrested after a witness helped officers trace him to the home of a woman who has a restraining order against him, police said.

Victor Lazo, 35, of Yonkers was charged with driving while intoxicated and criminal contempt for violating the protective order, both felones, and reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident, both misdemeanors, Westchester County police spokesman Kieran O'Leary said.

Lazo was driving south when his vehicle rear-ended a car near Farragut Parkway, police said. A person in that car suffered a back injury, but declined medical attention.

O'Leary said Lazo drove off, followed by a witness, to the Palmer Road area, where police, assisted by a bloodhound, found him in the woman's home.

- Shawn Cohen

White Plains man charged with filing forged C.O.

PUTNAM VALLEY - A White Plains man was arrested Jan. 29 after he filed a forged copy of a certificate of occupancy with the Putnam Valley Building Department, police said.

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office charged Antonio Longo of 25 Bogart Ave. with criminal possession of a forged instrument, a felony.

The Sheriff's Office received a complaint from the Building Department on Dec. 5 that Longo had presented them with the certificate for a piece of property. Longo surrendered to Investigator James Babcock. He is due in Town Court on Feb. 26.

- Marcela Rojas

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Crime and courts: 1 injured, 1 arrested in knife fight; more

One man was hospitalized and another arrested after a bloody fight between two tenants of a Fourth Street apartment building Saturday, police said.

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